NextGen Issue 58

News: Quakecon, Microsoft to introduce new console (the original Xbox), NHL 2000 for the PC, Unreal Engine being used for real-word applications, Bernie Stolar leaves Sega of America, Bleem! problems, Development news, PlayStation 2 too powerful for newer developers?, Nintendo 64 & PlayStation price drops, Medal of Honor

Arcadia: King of Fighters: Millennium Battle, Konami “Bemani” games

Shenmue: Sega’s Great Gamble

 

Alphas (previews):

·         Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PlayStation. PC)

·         Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (PlayStation. PC)

·         MDK 2 (Dreamcast, PC)

·         NBA 2K (Dreamcast)

·         NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (Dreamcast)

·         Fighting Force 2 (PlayStation. Dreamcast)

·         Rainbow Six (Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation)

·         Rogue Spear (PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64)

·         Supercross 2000 (PlayStation)

·         Need for Speed: Motor City (PC)

·         Knockout Kings 2000 (PlayStation, Nintendo 64)

·         Grand Theft Auto 2 (PC, PlayStation)

·         Vagrant Story (PlayStation)

·         Pharoh (PC)

·         WCW Mayhem (Nintendo 64, PlayStation)

·         Halo (PC)

·         Force Commander (PC)

·         Cool Boarders 4 (PlayStation)

·         Thrasher – Skate & Destroy (PlayStation)

·         Deer Hunt Challenge (PC)

·         Sheep (PC, PlayStation)

·         Delta Force 2 (PC)

·         Tachyon (PC)

Hooray for Hollywood! Can game makers learn much from the classic cinema model?

Finals (reviews):

·         Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)

·         Hydro Thunder (Dreamcast)

·         Mortal Kombat Gold (Dreamcast)

·         NFL 2K (Dreamcast)

·         Frame Gride (Dreamcast)

·         CART racing (Dreamcast)

·         Quake II (Nintendo 64)

·         All Star Tennis ’99 (Nintendo 64)

·         Shadow Gate 64 (Nintendo 64)

·         Superman (Nintendo 64)

·         Tonic Trouble (Nintendo 64)

·         Dino Crisis (PlayStation)

·         Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation)

·         Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman (PlayStation)

·         Tarzan (PlayStation)

·         Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PlayStation)

·         Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael (PlayStation)

·         Chocobo Racing (PlayStation)

·         Omega Boost (PlayStation)

·         Sled Storm (PlayStation)

·         Heavy Gear II (PC)

·         Kingpin: Life of Crime (PC)

·         Corsairs (PC)

·         Dungeon Keeper 2 (PC)

·         Re-Volt (PC)

·         Official Formula 1 Racing (PC)

·         Ring (PC)

·         Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at October 1990